Estimate of fast neutral fluxes from the Io torus - Possibility of diagnosing

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Aug 1992

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Annales Geophysicae (ISSN 0992-7689), vol. 10, no. 8, Aug. 1992, p. 527-540.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Charge Exchange, Charged Particles, Io, Space Plasmas, Toruses, Astronomical Models, Jupiter (Planet), Maxwell Equation, Neutral Atoms, Orbital Elements, Planetary Magnetospheres, Velocity Distribution

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Estimates of fluxes of energetic (less than 2 keV) neutral O and S atoms resulting from charge exchange processes in the Io torus were obtained for current models for the interaction of Iogenic neutrals and torus plasma. Detailed calculations of the dependence of fluxes, as seen by a distant observer, on energy and on zenographic latitude are provided for a number of representative axisymmetric models that include both spatially homogeneous and inhomogeneous cases as well as Maxwellian and non-Maxwellian plasma velocity distribution functions. The trajectories of neutral atoms are corrected for gravitational bending, which may be of some importance for low energy particles (up to 100 keV). The ejection of neutrals is concentrated toward the Io orbital plane and the total emission rates obtained range from 3.4 x 10 exp 27 to 2.8 x 10 exp 28/sec. The spectral distribution of emerging fluxes of neutrals is strongly model-dependent and, when observed, provides a means for torus plasma diagnosis.

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